Americans react to Syria violence: ‘Somebody’s got to do something’

Many asked about the slaughtering in Syria were torn as to how the U.S. should get involved. NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports.

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>>the rhetoric for possible
military action
against
syria
. a lot of americans are focused on other things like the dwindling days of summer. is there support for a
military strike
. kevin tibbles went to the
minnesota state fair
today to see how all this is it playing far from washington.

>>as the late
summer heat
wave beats down. folks head for the midway,
cotton candy
,
corn dogs
, corn on the could be,
ice cream
, even pickles on a stick. today is also military appreciation day, many vets and their families now worry about alleged chemical attacks in
syria
. now, what to do with
syria
, that's the question nobody has the answer.

>>chemical weapons
?

>>that's awful. nobody should use that.

>>should the
united states
do anything about this?

>>i would like to see them do something, because i think if we don't do something, it's going to turn.

>>somebody's got to do something about it.

>>to me it should be with the allies, otherwise we're going to get involved with something we don't want to get involved in.

>>many fair goers say they're torn about what america should do.

>>we get involved in so many places, we really don't belong.

>>others are
dead set
against any involvement.

>>we have plenty of our own battles to be fought. we shouldn't be getting into a
middle eastern
conflict right now.